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Not only the director of the operation Department was trying to please the ugly middle-aged man, but also the manager on duty of the cinema came over when he got the news. Kevin Harland also stepped forward and said hello with a smile. Although the middle-aged man just nodded, he felt very proud.

Watching the other party walk out of the cinema, Kevin Harland sighs that he would be satisfied if he could achieve one third of his achievements in this life.

A middle-aged man named Mintz left the cinema. A car immediately came and stopped in front of him. He opened the door, sat on it, made a driving gesture to the driver, and then took out his mobile phone to make a call.

"You ignored a movie!" His words are very serious, "from tomorrow on, we will do the market research on" electric saw startle ". In addition, set up an archive of Murphy Stanton, and his films will be in the attention of Cinescore

Hang up the phone, the middle-aged man dials several numbers in succession, and frequently mentions the two names of "electric saw" and Murphy Stanton. It seems that he and his professional company have made great mistakes in these two names.

His name is ed Mintz, the founder of the famous Cinescore company!

This can be said to be the most authoritative film market analysis organization in Hollywood and even in North America. Ed Mintz''s investigation and analysis does not involve the art or other professional scores of films, but only focuses on the market.

For the name of ED Mintz, ordinary fans and even senior fans are very strange. Only professionals in the industry know the ability of him and his company.

He never attended any premiere ceremony, and the name of ED Mintz never appeared on the list of Hollywood power. However, he has made a great contribution to the whole Hollywood film industry in the past few years - the cinemascore film market research company he founded has provided immeasurable box office reference information for the whole industry.

Unlike professional film critics or the media, Cinescore takes the market as a reference, and often conducts surveys immediately after the audience has watched the film. The ratings based on the audience''s word-of-mouth are also the best first-line market data.

The score of cinema score is easy to understand, a is success, B is OK, relatively satisfied, C is bad news, which means that a box office tragedy is about to happen. Generally, audiences of newly released films rarely give a score below C. if they get a film, it basically means that it should not appear in the cinema at all.

Although he is 60 years old, ed Mintz does not mean to retire. He also keeps the good habit of going to the cinema to see movies in person and experience the first-line market. However, besides watching many mainstream commercial masterpieces, he will also choose some low-cost movies to watch.

The investment scale of mainstream commercial blockbusters is there, and there are always a lot of audiences. Even if the data released by the cinema score is accurate, it can not attract people''s attention. On the contrary, it is a small cost movie that lacks people''s attention. If we find a good work from it and make an appropriate market forecast, the box office of the movie will finally break out, which will highlight the professional ability of the cinema score.

At that time, almost everyone thought it was a miracle that such a rotten film could have a box office of 50 million US dollars. The result surprised everyone. Ed Mintz also proved the strength of cinema score.

A few nights ago, he saw the late night trailer of "the shock of the chainsaw". He thought it was a little interesting, so he took time to come and have a look tonight.

"Sure enough, I''ve lived up to this trip!" He said to himself in the back seat, "if this kind of film can not achieve good results with proper publicity, it can only show that the taste of North American horror film lovers has changed 180 degrees."

Unlike ordinary audiences, ed Mintz noticed who the director was at the beginning of the movie, but he didn''t know or remember him. He thought he might have been misled by the trailer. It was just a shoddy B-class production, but after watching it, his thumb stood up.

"The director''s setting of the plot can cause the audience to imagine what will happen if they are in the role''s situation." While recalling the film, he thought, "this unknown element will arouse the audience''s interest in watching. They don''t know where they are and what will happen. Everything is out of control. This is the most terrible thing."

Ed Mintz nodded and agreed with the film. The director named Murphy Stanton should have made a breakthrough. Compared with the traditional suspense horror film, he can mobilize the audience''s interaction and participation.

"Murphy Stanton..." He repeated the name.

This unknown director is too clever. He reveals it with his inner fear and merciless irony of human nature, and deliberately leads the audience to torture themselves, so as to stimulate their chill from the bottom of their heart!

It''s a wonderful way to narrate and create a terrible atmosphere. I''ve never seen it in the last five or six years!

Ed Mintz thinks that this is not a simple new director, which can be seen from the narrative technique of the film.The Amazing Cross montage, needless to say, is not easy just because the flashback is so natural, so ingenious, and perfectly combined with the forward narration.

Murphy Stanton, the director, uses flashback technique to skillfully narrate the time and space of the police, criminals and protagonists, making the plot more compact and pressing step by step! In particular, the police and criminals fight wits and bravery, from the scene to clues to reasoning and then to verification, which makes people pay close attention.

Even if it was him, that kind of on-the-spot tension all increased abruptly!

Sitting in the car, ed Mintz''s head was full of the film and couldn''t stop.

Each character in the film seems irrelevant in daily life, but they are so similar under a specific condition! When the answer is revealed, is it the actor or himself who is being tortured?

He shakes his head, which is the cleverest part of the director''s work. He uses cruel human torture to find the so-called mission for the jigsaw, which makes his image look strange and sacred.

"In the face of life and death, what is your choice? Life or death? "

I don''t know why, ed Mintz thought of this question again. At first glance, he really asked a lot, but what if he attached additional conditions? What if it''s life and death? The ugliness of human selfishness disintegrates at this moment. Maybe only a pervert can come up with such a shocking theme

"Murphy Stanton..." He whispered the name again.

From the 1970s to now, he has seen countless films, including horror films. He has long been used to the unexpected final fright of resurrection of alien, Godzilla laying eggs, strange murderer killing and so on. However, the unexpected degree of the end of this film is close to the "sixth sense" two years ago, so that up to now, all he thinks about is this film, what do you think You can''t have a rest.

Of course, there are many flaws in the film.

For example, the background of victims in several cases should be described in more detail to help the audience understand the ending; for example, although the ending is unexpected and reasonable, it still lacks powerful foreshadowing, and the bottom card is highlighted in a little hurry; for example, the actors'' performances are too rigid and patterned, and do not make people feel bright at the moment, for example, the plot is too compact, and there is no emotion It can make people nervous all the time in 90 minutes, which is easy to cause fatigue

Think of here, ed Mintz himself laughed, Murphy Stanton''s name he had never heard of, should be a new director, for the new director, he is still demanding so much? It''s not Sam ramie or Ridley Scott. Besides, the film itself is full of flaws. It''s definitely a wonderful work!

Even if the film works well, it''s not impossible to become a classic in a horror film.

As the car slowly approached an estate on the outskirts of Las Vegas, ed Mintz''s mobile phone suddenly rang, looked down at the number, and frowned slightly.

He got through and said, "what''s up so late?"

“boss……” At the other end of the line, he was obviously under the company''s staff. "I''ve arranged the staff according to your instructions, but this film will only be shown in 30 cinemas this weekend, and a survey and consulting company is counting the audience''s reputation."

Ed Mintz asked, "do they have statistics?"

"A little bit, not very accurate." The subordinate said as simply as possible, "in today''s statistics, the audience''s praise rate is close to 90%!"

"Well," ed Mintz nodded, not surprised, "no matter what they do, from tomorrow on, do our work well!"

As the car drove into the manor, ed Mintz went back to his room and simply cleaned up to get ready for sleep. After lying down, he couldn''t sleep. His head was full of pictures of the last saw standing up. Although he had judged that this scene was not well paved, the unexpected effect left him too deep an impression. In a short time, it was like being engraved in his mind. How could he wipe it No, I can''t.

It''s not midnight on the west coast, and it''s already midnight in New York on the east coast. Louis Gonzalez''s bedroom is quiet. Suddenly, he sits up with a shout, and his hands and feet struggle unconsciously.

"I choose to live! I don''t want to die He waved his hands in front of him, "don''t tie me to it. I don''t want my joints to be broken! Don''t push me down. I have a phobia. Those needles will kill me... "

"Ah..." He let out a howl.

This howl finally wakes her sleeping wife. She turns on the desk lamp, gets up, looks at the side, and slaps Louis Gonzalez on the back. Louis Gonzalez is excited.

"Ah..." He was still shouting unconsciously, but his eyes were open.

Seeing his wife''s familiar face in front of him, Luis Gonzalez realized that he had a nightmare. He quickly raised his hand and touched the cold sweat on his forehead, forcing out a smiling face.

"Sleep!" The wife turned and lay down.

Luis Gonzalez couldn''t sleep until dawn.

The sun on the West Coast gets up later than that on the east coast. Murphy arrives at the Fox Searchlight early in the morning. According to the agreement between the two sides, there will be a regular meeting every morning during the screening period, so as to report the situation in time and make appropriate adjustments. (to be continued). )